The chemical composition,fiber characteristics,crystalline structure,mechanical properties and thermal behavior of the five bamboo species,ie Phyllostachys edulis cv. Pachyloe,Bambusa tootsik,Arundinaria amabilis,B. vulgaris,Dendrocalamus affinis,were studied by IR,X-ray,DSC and chemical analyses. The results indicated that the benzene-ethanol extractive content of bamboo was higher than that of wood materials,the content of lignin and xylan was 19.1%-25.3% and 14.9%-22.6% respectively. Excepting P. edulis,...